CUSTOM ELECTRONICS, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140293513 | GRAPHENE-BASED HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRODES AND MATERIALS - The disclosure describes an improved electrode with high voltage standoff characteristics and improved graphene-based materials and methods of making them for use therein. A graphene-based thin film material is described that may be applied or transferred to a current collector to create the improved electrode. The thin film comprises high aspect ratio graphene platelets applied to the surface of a current collector or other substrate in a known ratio to a film binder material. The film is produced with a desired layer thickness and graphene-to-binder ratio to produce a desired voltage standoff for the electrode. The film may include additional materials to achieve the desired dielectric and mechanical characteristics for the application, such as ferroelectric ceramic nanorods with a high aspect ratio and high dielectric constant and/or graphene sheets. The thin film dielectric materials may have applications in more than just the anode of the graphene electrolytic capacitor, but find application as a dielectric layer in other electrical applications, such as batteries, electrode sensor arrays, and nano-scale solid-state electronics. | 10-02-2014 |
20140114592 | OPERATIONAL MONITORING OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITORS - The invention provides operational monitoring for electrochemical capacitors and, more specifically, the monitoring of operational performance characteristics of electrochemical capacitors using electrochemical impedance measurement in an application system in the field. The apparatus and methods of the present invention monitor the operational characteristics of a plurality of electrochemical capacitors in an application system with the goal of providing state of health information to the application system or through another monitoring or alert system. By generating an input monitoring signal to query each cell in the pack and calculating the impedance measurement signal from the resulting output signal, the real-time impedance measurements can be compared against a stored electrochemical impedance model to provide state of health information. Real-time monitoring data based on the state of health information can then be output to the application system or through another monitoring or alert system. | 04-24-2014 |
20140111906 | GRAPHENE ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - The disclosure describes an improved electrolytic capacitor, more specifically, an electrolytic capacitor with a graphene-based energy storage layer and dielectric, and a method of making the improved electrolytic capacitor. The electrode with layered graphene energy storage and dielectric layers may be used in a variety of electrolytic capacitor configurations. | 04-24-2014 |